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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-20

iuS hhO SihipSSo VI WIZ AeNS SOhWSSh
tall pines, and finally. as the piotur-
esque town is reached, one sees be-
tween the brown houses the lovely
Biwa.
Two hundred and eighty-six years
before the Christian era there was
fearful earthquake in Japan, during
which Fuji-yama is said to have risen.
and at the same time the lake Of Biwa
disappeared. The original name Of the
lake Is Omi, but someone with vivid
imagination renamed it Biwa, think
ing it resembled in shape the bf'oa, the
native banjo. The lake is 2S0 feet
above the sea and the same number Of
feet in depth.
In Japenese literature eight specified
beauties of Biwa are mentioned. only
one Of which 1 had the opportunity Of
seeing. and that was the sail-boats re.
turning from Yabase. It was pretty
picture. but a number Of boats with
white sails spread would be anywhere
quito as beautiful. I rather think.
though, that the poets refer TO those
gayly-deccrated pleasure-boats which
are seen in midsummer. 50 possibly /
have not seen even one Of the eight
The other seven are the moon IN
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12

The paper of DIR. Domingo Freire, of Rio
Janerio, on vaccination with attenuated
culture of the microbe of yellow fever, -
read at the Medical Congress in Washing
| ton, appears to have commanded very con
siderable attention from that body. DR..
Freire has maintained for several years that
incubation offered protection against vel
low fever, and he has advocated it so earn
estly that he has made many converts.
The Medical Congress evidently thought
that there was something in the incubation
theory, and the resolutions it adopted
showed that it thought the theory should
be thoroughly tested
There was bill before the last Congress,
making an appropriation for commission
to visit Rio Janeiro, AMI report upon the
results of Dr. Freire's experiments. The
bill seemed to meet with much favor. but
for some unexplained reason it failed to
become law. Probably it was not pressed
vigorously enough, and failed for want of
time to consider it, as thousands of others
failed.
Dr. Freire is physician of high stand
ing in Rio Janeiro, and there is no doubt
that he believes that he has made a very
important discovery. He published state
ment few months ago in which it was
shown that not more than one in hundred
of those treated by him, and subsequently,
exposed to yellow fever, was attacked by
the disease, and it was the belief of those
who watched the experiments that those
who were attacked had not been properly
inoculated.
The recommendation of the Medical Con-
gress should be acted upon at the earliest
possible moment. Yellow fever is more
dreaded in the southern part of this country
than cholera. Anything, therefore, which
promises to rob it of its terrors ought to be
carefully inquired into
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
His First Taste of Champagne.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

FTOH WS 4HJtlCUuhee O6HtIUet
Have you any champagne."
The queStioner was an awkward looking fell
low, apparently from the country, the place a
well known Grand avenue restaurant, and the
time early Saturday evening. Upon being ans
wered in the affirmative, he asked:
DO you sell it by the glass?''
mo, sir, by the bottle" replied the waiter,
"All right. Please give me bottle"
The young man took seat and the wine was
brought and uncorlzed in his presence Filling
his glass after the manner of man emptying a
bottle of beer, he hesitatingly raised it to his
lips; then, after a moments consideration, blew
the froth from it and swallowed the contents
with one gulp. 1t was so good that he repeated
the dose until the bottle was empty. The oceu-
pants of ad jacent chairs had meanwhile become
interested and were watching the vigorous wine
1rinlxer with the lSeenest interest Apparently
sat SIZED with himself he called for Zoe. Cigar
and pulled away contentedly When he got
ready to go he handed the waiter quarter
Tle Teutonic beer singer gazed at the piece of
silver and then at the countryman in undisguised
amaZement.
Haven't you forgotten the champagne?'.
said he
Certainly not Take it out of the quarter, -
glibly answered the young man. The waiter
attempted to explain that champagne was not
five-ccnt drink, but the innocent granger
would have none of it, Then the proprietor ap.
peared on the scene and in terms that stirred
up the stagnant waters of the river demanded
the reason of the mans conduct The EN-
barrassed would-be blood pleaded ignorance of
the rules of high society. paid his bill and re-
tired to hide his confusion from the amused
crowd. The proprietor then paralyzed every
body by setting up the drinks all around.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
BRIGHT BITS.

WHEN you come to think of it, young man,
isn't the marrige ceremony miss leading ?- Yon-
kers Statesman.
The world may owe every man a living, but,
like bringing TO time bad debtor. it requires
considerable hustling on a mans part to collect
the bill.-BoSton Budget.
ONE YotNGsTER We have a nice canopy top
to cover our carriage.
Other Youngster- That's nuthin'. We have a
chattel mortgage on ours that more than covers
it, pa says,-Iid- Bits.
IT is not necessary to have pneumatic tube
to Europe through which people can be shot at
the rate of Thousand miles an hour. All that is
needed Is a pneumatic tube connection with
Canada-Chfcd9o Journal
LITTLE TOMMY (who has never been out of the
city before, Oh Oh oh!
Kind Lady-What'S the matter, Tommy7
Little Tommy-Why, what a big sky they've
got here, misS.-Hdrper YOUNG People.
'AND were you robbed, too?" asked passen-
ger of the Pullman porter after some high
waymen had cleaned out the train.
WAS robbed, boss?'' replied Sambo, turning
almost white with indignation.
Deed / was Dey only guy me fo' bits
apiece. "-NetC York Sun.
YES, dear Children said the school teacher,
Gen. Washington died comparatively Door
man, although he might have amassed great
wealth if he had been different sort of person.
Tommy Waflies may tell us why Gen. Washing
ton died comparatively poor
Because he couldn't tell lies responded
Tommy, who has bright business career be-
fore him.-NeIC York sun
KANSAS MAN was visiting friend in Lin
coin, and the latter presented him, yesterday,
with handsome fleld-glass, saying:
Just take this as a keepsake, old man.
I'm very much obliged, Charlie, very; but
'sWellY''
How in thunder do you open it when you
want a drink:"-Ltncotn Journal.
Ro,ERr wore crimson scarf
Coming through the rye;
There was Farmer Browns young bull
Standing idly by -C4' a.
Reader you have guessed the rest;d 9vI
Drop silent tear. no Jne
Dead by gosh said Farmer Browne d
That makes three this year. - nj ~ Fl
Tights, /.
A YOUNG MAN wrote thus to the objectI of his
affections: II love you not for your fortune
it is a consideration that could never influence
me in choosing a wife, Being unfamiliar with
the rules of punctuation, he awkwardly inserted
a full stop after the words II love you not and
the young lady in her grief, despa and out
lover. after a ting in vain for a reply to his
letter, became the driver of soda pop wagon
Chicago Tribune.
ONE HENRY GEORGE VoTE LosT-Omaha Man
Hello, Fred, what brings you herey
Eastern Actor-l have been to California and
am going back East
do you intend to resume your Henry George
lectures against land monopoly"
No, got full of those notions when lived
in New York city. I'm bravely over it now
Land: There's no land monopoly. There's no
end of land. too much land, hundreds and hun
dreds of miles too much
You are on the other extreme now. What
has changed your ideas so completely
Il Joined a snap theatrical company last
spring, went as far as California and am walk
ing back. "-ODlahG World.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
Public Schools in Eneland,


The figures presented in the House of
| Commons by the head of the education de-
partment of England, in submitting its an.
nual estimates for the common school sys-
tenn, disclose some interesting facts The
law establishing the system was only
adopted in 1870, and in that year places for
1,S7S,5S4 scholars were provided now the
number is 5,200,685, showing a wonderful
increase in accommodations. In fact, the
number of places provided is in excess of
needs, as the number of names on the school
registers is only 4,553, 751, and the average
attendance $40, 500.
Attendance upon the schools by children
between certain ages is to a degree compul-
sorry. the duty of compelling attendance
resting on boards of guardians. These
guardians have met their principal difficulty
in the indifference to the advantages of the
schools manifested by the poorer classes
those classes for whose benefit, principally,
the schools were established. 1t may be that
much of this Indifference springs from the
very meagre education which the schools
attempt to bestow-the mere rudiments of
knowledge. In only 80 schools, of the
$4,000 and more, was history taught The
prize to be gained is not great enough to
rouse ambition.
In spite of this drawback, the develop
ment of the system has been surprisingly
rapid, and now that the principle is admit
ted that it is the States duty. in its own in
terest, to provide for the education of its
children, the efficiency of the schools will
be increased and their SEQ, e enlarged in pro-
portion as the classes to be benefited grow
in political power. This growth has been
rapid of late years, and the near future
promises yet greater expansion.
Even now an important addition to the
course of study is contemplated, and in fact
has been recommended by the education
epartment-technical instruction. This
subject has been pressed upon public atten-
ton by the accommodating evidence that the
long conceded superiority of the British
mechanic is challenged by the increasing
skill of workmen of other countries, espe-
cially of Germany, where chronological
schools of high grade have demonstrated
their worth. The schools could not, per-
haps, be developed in a more useful direc-
ton.
The people of this country will watch with
no little interest the advance of those of the
mother country along path in which they
themselves have made considerable progress,
and which they know leads in the right di-
rectiOn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
JEFFERSON DAVIS ON LIQUOR.
A Prominent Southerner's Ideas on
Prohibition and Local Option.

A Prominent Southerner's Ideas on
Prohibition and Local Option.
In response to a letter of inquiry Mr.. Wal
lace Williams, editor of the Bonneville (Mo.)
Advertiser, received the following letter from
Jefferson Davis:
BEAuvoIR, Mss, Sept 1, 1887.
DEAR SIR have received your letter of the
9th ult requesting me to settle the question in
regard to my opinion as to local option being a
proper method to secure temperance. Many of
the controversies of men are rather in relation
to terms than things. If local option means the
right of local community to decide whether
they will have barrooms and saloons licensed to
sell intoXicants, then should say if thus linn
tied, mould be in favor of the exercise of the
power. 1t should be commended for two rea-
sons. First, the adoption of the rule would de-
pend on the consent of the Governor,
Second, the rule being supported by public
opinion could be peacefully and efficiently exc
cuted. The measure would be merely withhold
ing the license to do that which one has not an
inalienable right to perform, would take no ones
property without just compensation and would
not invade the rights Of any mans neighbor.
You will not fai to perceive that my position is
very far short of what is demanded by the Pro-
hibitionists. to use the recognized designation of
an existing party. Respectfully,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
A Ventriloquial Genius.

A little Boston boy who was taken to the en-.
tertainment of a ventriloqst some time ago and
who was close observer of the performer
modus operandi, accompanied his parents last
week to his fathers native town, and among
the places visited during their rural soiourn was
the country cemetery, where sleep the progeni-
tors of his paternal parent. The latter pointed
out TO the child a certain mound, saying:
There, dear, is the grave of Your grandfather Is
The little fellow gazed curiously at the place of
sepulture for moment. and then seized by
a sudden idea, stopped down and rapping on the
tombstone. said: "Graudpa, are you down
therey" following IL up with a self-supplied
Yes" in as deep and gutteral tone as his lit
tie throat could make vocal. Does YOU want
to come upT he resumed in his natural pitch of
voice, and again dropping to the lower tone an.
swered his own query with bass and hollow
NO" The parents, greatly shocked cut short
further ventriloquial efforts ON the part of the
too precocious child.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
Powderly Pleading for Peace.

1t is reported from New York that Gen
eral Master Workman Powderly, recog-
nizing the danger in which he stands, is
strenuously endeavoring to placate his enc
mics before the meeting of the MINNEAPOLIS
convention. II he does not succeed there is
danger that contending factions may wreck
the great order over which he presides, and
justify the gloomy views expressed by John
Swinton in an article reprinted a few days
since in the MORNING NEWS.
The idea on which Mr. Powderly's order
was founded was one which stirred the i'm
agination. The promise that each indi-
vidual worker, however humble, should
have at immediate call the aid of millions
of brethren in defense of his smallest right
was fascinating appeal to that lust for
power inherent in all men, and to the re-
sentiment felt for real oppression.
The history of the order, however, has
made palmer, month after month, that its
founders undertook more than they could
accomplish. Strike after strike has failed,
and attempts to coerce rival labor organi-
cations have proved useless Trade unions
based on narrower, but more practical
ANS''Nt PiOfAhto oIiOi1SSis anu
unless a great change is made in the man
agement of the Knights of Labor the rapid
loss of membership will continue
A movement is announced from Phila-
delphia among the railroad men which
threatens to make great inroads upon the
order. The employees of the Pennsylvania
railroad, now Knights of Labor, have or
gained, and will be speedily followed by
those of other lines, to form a trades assem-
bly,, which shall have complete control of
their own affairs They may continue for
time to be known as Knights of Labor,
but they can be so only nominally when the
officers of that order have no authority over
them
This is but further evidence, added to
much that has been given before, that the
interests of each trade can be best attended
TO by men belonging to it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
Fo1LED IN AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
The Partner of Boodler McGarigle
Caught at the Jail Door.

A telegram from Chicago says for a good
many days mysterious ruuors have been float
in around the stone walls of the county jail
concerning an affair." the knowledge of which
has until now been confined toa few individuals
ed Mcdonald, the partner of McGarigle who
was sentenced along with him, made a daring
break for his liberty about two weeks ago One
evening friend of the prisoner, woman, was
admitted to SEQ him. She had long coil of
rope CONCEALED, which she left in the possession
OF Mcdonald The apartment in WHICH he was
confined is on the third floor and yentilator runs
from the cell TO the roof. Through this aperture
Mcdonald managed to climb till he reached the
roof He then fastened one end of the rope to
projection on the roof and let the other end
down Once in the yard he went stealthily TO
the stairs, where visitors pass down into the Jail
AS he came up TO the turn of the stairway he
ran against one of the guards, but the latter
supposing him to be visitor did not challenge
him. Half way between the stair and the en-
trance is another hall leading to another en-
trance. Through this hall Mcdonald was walk
ing the street entrance in view, when he was
confronted by three men. These were lawyer,
a detective and q deputy sheriff. This was the
critical moment for Mcdonald. Had he quietly
would have been taken of linn by any one of the
party But he was taken with timid
1T and DIR hack into the shadow,
a. movement that at once ex-
promptly seized him by the arm and drew him
forward into the light. Mcdonald, in sheer
desperation, struck the detective a powerful
blow on the head with his fist which sent the
latter Keeling to the floor, and then made
break for the door. At this moment the deputy
sheriff recognized the prisoner, and with the
help of the lawyer succeeded in overpowering
him after fierce resistance. Then an alarm
was given, and the would-be fugitive was
secured, but not until he had uttered a shrill
whistle which could be heard for considerable
dist0nce, and which was evidently a precon-
certed signal, for carriage which was standing
near the iail suddenly dashed down the street.
Mcdonald was taken to common cell where he
could be under more careful surveillance Since
then he has been subjected to the full rigor of
the discipline of the Jail
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12

Enlarging the State Supreme Court.
The Judiciary Committee of the House
has agreed to report favorably bill in
creasing the number of Supreme Court
Judges from three to five The action of
the committee was wise, and the
bill should be promptly passed.
The Judges of the Supreme
Court of Georgia have long had more to do
than they could do we'll A year or two
ago statistical comparison was printed,
giving the number of cases appealed to the
courts of review of the different States, and
though in Georgia the number did not equal
those in the more populous and richer
States, yet, on account of the small number
of judges, the amount of work allotted to
each of them was greater than that of
member of any other court of like charac-
ter in the country.
This state of affairs should not be allowed
10 continue. The evils which have resulted
from it are well known to those so unfortu-
nate as to have been involved in litigation.
Delay in the final decision of cases has been
long recognized hardship. The fact that
the decisions Of the Supreme Court of this
State do not rank high in the literature of
the legal profession is, perhaps due to the
fact that the court does not have the time to
weigh its decisions as it ought to.
Judges, like men of other professions, can
not do their best work when they are under
a constant pressure.
If the bill increasing the number of
judges shall become law, the next move
ment toward giving the court the standing
it ought to have in public opinion will be
toward increasing the salaries to a sum
which will draw the best legal talent of the
State to the bench. 1t is not to Georgias
credit nor interest that the judges of her
highest court shall be overworked and I'M
1prnaid
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MEE11SGs-DeKalb Lodge No o, I. O. o. F.
Southern Mutual Loan Association; Caanthe
Lodge No 2S. X. p; st. Patrck's T. \. B. So
ciety; German Friendly Society.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-Oysters, Chas. F. Graham
Bananas, Potatoes, Etc. ]. S. Collins & Co.; As
to Crews of Spanish Steamship Buenaventura
and British Steamship Wimbledon.
STEAMSHIP ScHEDULEs-Ocean Steamship Co.
Baltimore Steamship Co; General Transatlan-
tic Co.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTlsEMENTs-He lpWaMed.
RAILROAD ScHEDULEs-Sa and Tybee
Railway Savannah, Florida and Western Rail
way
AUCTION SALE-Furniture, Etc, by ]. d.
LaROche's Sons.
FURNITURE. Era ]. Miller 6 Co.
HEBREW New YEAR CARDS ETC.-L. & B. S.
NJ II.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
The First Gray Hair.
From the Omaha World.

from the Omaha World.
And thou hast come at last,
Thou baleful issue of the buried years
Sad fruitage of the past,
Root, nurtured in a loan of hopes and fears
hail thee, but | hate thee, lurking there,
Thou first gray hair!
Thou soft and silken coil,
Thou milk-whte blossom in a midnight tress
Out from the alien sol
I'll pluck thee in thine infant tenderness
AS the rude husbandman uproots the tare,
Thou first gray hair
Of all the feecy flock
Thou art the one to loathe and to despise!
The cheat within the shock,
The mould that on the early harvest lies,
The mildew on the blossoms of the pear
The first gray hair!
And thou the Judas art
The tattler Of Old Time, who doth betray
The weary, worn-out heart,
Ere yet we dare TO dream of its decay;
Thou art hint Of wreck beyond repair,
Thou first gray hairl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
How He Got His Durham Cow.

The Bandera (Tex.) Btgle reports the expe-
rience of its editor in a dime savings bank of
his town:
We now sport nice milk COW. How did we
get hery Bought her. Paid $40 for her the
whole amount being 10c per day saved since
March g. 1886. On that day friend of ours in
sisted on treating us to a smoke, as it was our
birthday, but we refused the Kindness inform
ing him courteously that we had lever smoked
a cigar, to which he replied that he averaged
from one to three per day, at cost of DC. to a0c
each day, and that he never missed the small
change. We told him then that from that
day on we would lay away 10c. per day as long
as were able to do SO, and see how much II
would amount TO each year. We have kept IL
up TO date, and as consequence we have fine
pieces.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12

A Washington correspondent, in discussing
the expected elevation of ex-Gov. Pattison, of
Pennsylvania, to place in the Cabinet to
succeed Secretary Lamar, speaks OF him as
the lucliest Democrat, next to Cleveland,
in the United States, and refers to the fact
that, though Democrat in a Republican
city and State, he has served ten years as
Comptroller and Governor, at a salary of
$4,000 per annum. To ascribe Mr. Patti
sons success to luck is hardly fair His
career is only another exemplifcation Of a
fact often illustrated in our politics, as 1T is
every day in private life, that high charac-
ter is worth more than brilliant talent.
And in the peoples appreciation of this fact
lies the safety OF our institutions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12

Mrs. Frank Leslie was one of the City of
Rome's many passengers, and she had hard.
ly got ashore before she began to tell the re-
porters about her love passages with Prince
This and Count That. Mrs Leslie won
a great deal of admiration by the business
talent she displayed in rescuing the estate of
her late husband from bankruptcy, but she
seems to have effectually gotten rid of her
womanly modesty in the process. She is
paying high price for the advertisement
she is getting.